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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator say M'Vy has always treated Dab?

2. How old is the Brother Rush driving in the car?

3. Why has Brother Rush covered his face, in Tree's vision?

4. What does Tree realize as her mother tells her stories?

5. What makes Tree erupt and scream at M'Vy and Silversmith?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Tree think of Dab when she is at home alone?

2. What ails Brother Rush?

3. How does the narrator describe the relationship between M'Vy and Dab?

4. Why does Tree get upset when M'Vy says that it is time to go out?

5. What does Tree see from the back seat of the car, when no one knows she is there?

6. What is Tree's nightmare?

7. Describe Dab's admittance into the hospital.

8. How is Silversmith described?

9. What happens that Dab gets taken to the hospital?

10. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush"? For what purposes would you recommend "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush", and what kinds of readers would you not recommend it for? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ken and Silversmith. How are they similar? How are they different? What are they like as people? What are they like as father figures for Tree?

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